An Integrated Comparative Study of Digital Citizenship Frameworks

Abstract

An assessment of both contemporary policy texts and academic literature demonstrates that digital citizenship is a complicated and somewhat fragmented topic with multiple perspectives co-existing. The research paper compares, analyses and summarises the competencies covered by existing frameworks for digital citizenship. The research paper also aims to identify the gaps exhibited in existing framework. Additionally, the absence of global agreement and standards complicates matters for governments and other organization, particularly in underdeveloped nations, to plan and implement comparative and cost-effective projects .The paper examines various frameworks that seem to be particularly well suited to the study of Digital Citizenship. These competency frameworks, should not be used as self-sustaining tools but as part of a holistic approach that act as a yardstick, permitting them to be customised to the socio-cultural setting in which they are used. In this context, the study makes certain recommendations.